Weekly Update, 9-23-29:
I was really raggedy edge this week, with three days off, and a few dropped workouts from my plan
Monday: Took the day off after I slept nearly nine hours, and then napped for two more throughout the day.
Tuesday: Long Run, 2 hr 19 min, 13.11 miles. The legs held up, but more important was my GE hydration, and my mental persistence. I need to remember this day when I want to start walking after 3 hours…
Wednesday: Race Sim. Again, I needed to put in the extra time to draw on mentally on race day. 112 mile bike, 6:46 moving time, followed by a one hour run. I forced myself to eat more, and it paid off in the last two hours. Again, gotta remember that race day.
Thursday: In intended to swim and bike, but the weather reports for the weekend, both in CO, and in WA, were looking iffy, I missed my wife, I was tired, and I just wanted to GO HOME. So I did. The bad news: two hours into the drive, I remembered I had left some very significant items behind, so I circled back, drove and extra FIVE hours, and then on
Friday: I had to drive another 14+ hours. The perennial optimist in me noted that this was good mental training for being persistent on race day. I slept 8.5 hours the next two nights, with 45-60′ naps each day.
Saturday: Three back-to-back-toback Zwift rides for three hours, @ 0.7 IF, 150 TSS. Ran 5K in the PM
Sunday: Red mist, + 200 to make 4200 yds, in 1:22 swimming time. Ran another 5K.
I Zwifted this morning, and wrote my “Race” Plan: https://endurancenation.vanillacommunities.com/discussion/26113/at-kona-race-plan/p1?new=1
Will keep running 5K daily, swim tomorrow, leave for HI on Wed, arrive late evening, and switch to Islan’ Time Thursday morning.
I’m not going to review PMC or 12 week totals now; nothing I can do about it, as the Hay is just about in the Barn…
Off to pack, prep bike, etc.